Immanuel Lutheran Church and School
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77008
306 E 15th St, Houston, Texas 77008. (713) 861-8787.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 12 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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What these words mean5
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Texas’s risk levels
- Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
12 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 2, 2026: outcome pending.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for, at the inspection on Aug 27, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the inspection on Aug 27, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Aug 17, 2024
3 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
12 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Each deficiency, in Texas’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 27, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“Caregiver stated they had 11 children, when the inspector counted they were 12 children napping in the classroom.”
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Caregiver in the 18-23 month old class was sitting in the office while children were taken a nap in the classroom. The children were not being supervised.”
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Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits
“In two different classroom children were blocking the door area while napping. Corrected: When caregivers moved the children from the door area.”
Aug 17, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Base on the investigation conducted the caregiver did not use good judgment when the caregiver allowed a child to spit on another child.”
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Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation
“Base on the investigation conducted it was confirmed by caregiver children are placed in a time out for 15 minutes for active play.”
Dec 18, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“Caregiver stated they had 8 children when I and the director counted they were 9 children in care. Corrected: When the caregiver recounted the children and counted 9.”
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A caregiver was sitting in a office area while children were napping in the room next to the office.”
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“A caregiver had headphones in her ears sitting in a office while kids were sleeping in the next room, the caregiver did not hear the director and I walk in to the classroom or would hear the children as they wake up.”
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Adequate Lighting During Naptime
“A follow up inspection was conducted In the preschool area where children were napping it was still not adequate light, you were not able to see all children and I had to use a flash light to count children. Corrected: When the director went to get another light to plug in and one of the doors to a classroom was open to bring more light into the nap room.”
Dec 5, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“Caregiver stated they had 14 children when I counted they were only 13 children in care.”
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Adequate Lighting During Naptime
“In the preschool area where children were napping it was not adequate light, you were not able to see all children and I had to use a flash light to count children.”
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Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
“The operation did not have in the emergency preparedness plan on how they would evacuated children who are under 24 months of age or who have limited mobility.”
3 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 13, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids
“The caregiver did not was her hands between cleaning a child’s nose. Corrected: When the caregiver washed her hands.”
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Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
“The operation did not have in their emergency preparedness plan on how they would relocating children who are under 24 months of age, who have limited mobility or assistance.”
Feb 25, 2022: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | Inspection | Outcome pending |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 21, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 11, 1987.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 277 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 12.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Immanuel Lutheran Church and School This child care provider | 12 |
| Grace Weekday School | 10 |
| Principrin School | 3 |
| Great Little Minds Academy | 11 |
| The Goddard School (The Greater Heights) | 1 |
| Miss Pattycake Childcare of Heights | 2 |
| Heights Garden Montessori | 8 |
| Alianza Eco International School | 6 |
| After 3 After School Program at Love E.s. | 4 |
| The Kenworthy School | 16 |
| After 3 After School Program at Sinclair E.s | 3 |
| Spanish School 4kids | 12 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
- Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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